Army Offers New Plan For High School Grads
Washington news reports the War department will allow high school graduates to choose preferred technical training before enlisting. Starting Sept. 15 the army expands offerings to about 1060 courses across mechanics crafts radio map making medicine science clerking and machine shop, with many classes taught at special army schools nationwide following the air corps example.
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Three Killed as Plane Crashes in Athens
Three crew members died when a Greek DC-3 crashed after takeoff from Athens during a training flight. Eight passengers survived with minor injuries.
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Ban Urged on Army Jet Fighters In Closed Course Air Show Races
An AP report notes a recommendation to Army Air Forces head quarters to stop entering jet fighters in hazardous closed course air races. An observer argues that repeated tight turns create extreme stress, risking pilot safety, and urges restraint despite public display value.
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29 Bodies Recovered From Canadian National Holiday Train Wreck
Dugald Manitoba Sept 3 AP Twenty nine bodies were recovered from the charred wreckage of a Canadian National Railways special holiday train as workers finished sifting the burned coaches. Four bodies identified. unofficial missing list at 32. officials fear over 36 deaths. Train rammed a standing train at the station on Monday night. CN officials said wreckage combing would continue tomorrow.
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Speed Record Set by President's Plane Flight
Lt Col Henry Myers piloting the presidential DC-6 Independence returned from the Rio de Janeiro conference in what officials call a record speed for the route. The Flying White House covered 5,300 miles in 16 hours 12 minutes with one stop at Trinidad, averaging about 316 miles per hour. The crew includes Maj E F Smith as co-pilot and nine aboard.
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Lawyers Outing Scheduled for Bridgeport Bar Association
The Bridgeport Bar association holds its annual outing today starting at 12 30 p m at Hichner s grove Trumbull with an athletic program then luncheon and a dinner at 8 30 p m Judges from Superior and Common Pleas courts are invited and several hundred are expected to attend
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